Mississippi Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down

[davidh2136]

Now that's what I'm talkin' about...

[quovadis1952]

We've come a full circle. From greatness like this to today's crap...Thank God for Youtube.

[TheKayLank]

Now that's MUSIC!!!!!!!!

[SquiSac01]

it seems this is where hats of to roy harper from zeps came...both versions superb

[cdcondrici]

just thank you for sharing this

[Fruscianteistheman]

i was reading that mcdowell taught burnside a lot, i def hear the resemblance.

[MrNormander]

Great guitar player!

[tommyau2006]

sheer raw and awesome Blues at it's best. Thanks for posting

[WarriorSouthpaw]

What tuning is this in?

[MrFuckyouintheneck]

@WarriorSouthpaw Open E

[Feelin2nice]

Play that guitar dawg! West, Durant, Goodman, Vaiden, Winona, Cleveland let me hear you! Rep for Mississippi!

[05212528]

hank you for your video

I agree with you that it is a permormance

I agree with Wonka275, Mississippi and his guitar are sufficient unto themselves.

I agree with MyWoodstock of November 13, 2011 which speaks of his fingers have a mind.

MISSISSIPPI love because well as being a legendary slide guitarist, his musical imprint has kept some of his African roots.

Mississippi is whose most titles are part of my favorites.

French text translated by Google

[MyWoodstock1]

his fingers has a mind of their own

[kariaudar]

Where has this music been all my life? Soul-wrenching is not the word . . .

[MrRcheek]

Those strings are HUGE !

[spot1333]

your soul will overload with how awesome it is and everything you think you know about life will melt in your brain as you enter a total nirvana

...thats how I feel when I listen to this song

[karlos19652000]

Who is the dick who didn't like this! Truly an overlooked guitar god.

[nananana77nananana]

こんな曲が作りたい。すんげーシンプル。なのに、凄くカッコいい­(^^)/



[clef103]

pure genius...

[booksteve]

@blastman1 : the contemporary guitarists who are playing like this are few and far between but you might want to check out what Luther Dickinson of N. Miss. AllStars is doing. He seems to be coming out of this sound and mention Fred in interviews as an early influence. Another one (surprisingly) is Bonnie Raitt on her very first album, which is now about thirty years old.

[1blastman]

@booksteve I've seen Luther Dickinson and the NMISS All Stars at Jazzfest. They do emulate Fred and RL Burnside. Bonnie's early Blues is excellent; she was influenced by Sippy Wallace on vocals, and I would almost swear that Lowell George taught her a lot of slide guitar.

[Wonka275]

Between the complex plucking and the sliding, he's not only the melody, but his own friggin' rhythm section. No drums or bass needed folks, just ol' Fred. It's awesome.

[yarmouk334]

He has to be the best slide guitarist ever.

[daniellaoalsson]

fucking awesome

[ebenross]

this is BO Diddley's precursor........got a deep hambone down in there....

[1blastman]

This is a extremely well filmed video of an amazingly talented musican. What is this film from? I'd love to get the whole piece. McDowell's style is very innovative, and slide players since have studied him, but the only musican I can remotely compare him to is Sonny Landreth

[Gwuba]

We are the musicaly lost generation.

[swanski100]

@Gwuba very true my friend

[bhrbobbie]

anyone notice the latest Porche TV commercial...who stole Fred's music?

[misterd699]

So wonderful!

[walosi24]

beautiful..Poppawolf

[jsilence418]

Hey he's ripping off Led Zeppelin !!!!!!! uh ha ha !

[krickstein1]

This is talent, when you express yourself with your instrument

[madFlam1]

@krickstein1 technique helps

[PeterBrucePhoto]

It don't get much better

[onlyjoetee]

what he's doing is technically amazing,playing rhythm and lead at the same time!!!

[possm88]

@onlyjoetee SARCASM ON/// No it's not! He should only play rhythm or lead. Pick one! As a bass player, if he would start doing this I would shoot him!! He should just have a lead guitarist do it for him so he can stay in the pocket! Wannabe lead guitarist! Songwriters should only play rhythm! How am I supposed to hold a groove with this? Its like if you go to a restaurant and your waiter comes over and starts juggling, singing and tap dancing. He may be good at it, but that's not his job. \\\

[chrisgreatorex1]

@possm88 Wow you read some idiotic comments on youtube but really.........

[possm88]

@chrisgreatorex1 Yeah you should read some of onlyjoetee's comments about bassists then you would understand my sarcasm. He's a fucking closed minded idiot.

[SavantSvant]

@possm88 HAHAHAHAHA! You just made my day. :3

[dcspaced]

Fabulous guitar playing!

[909chuck]

Great rare film.  Thanx! Bottleneck is why I love the blues. Ms. Raitt is right about the power of the blues.

[GeneralX404]

@XiuTheFeared

Ohhh racism, so edgy.

At least he genuinely has amazing musical talent unlike most popular artists today which are just autotuned pretty faces.

[Thamacx]

What a way to say fuck that jive jurkey white man in da ass!!! This is some great pluckin' man!!!!!

[jsilence418]

@Thamacx jive turkey? lol lol next time you get in your way back machine, take me back to 1972 with you o k skid mark !

[shensan88]

Outstanding!

[erickdircks]

Excellent piece of work!! Thank you very much for Sharing!!!!!

What a way of meeting people and get to see their talent. At first was reluctant being on youtube, but getting to do this has brought me into the houses of some very special people. You are one of them. Life; isn't it wonderful!!! Keep up the good work. Hope You Are Having A Splendid Day!!!!

A New Friend

Erick

[XiuTheFeared]

Only thing this nigger could do was play guitar. No other skills in life.

[shensan88]

@XiuTheFeared

Teacher, colleague, mentor, friend, and an outstanding, innovative musician. Yep, that's all.

[Bratschenator]

Te pasaste Tuga !!

Amazing rhythm and drive !! This makes me wanna fuck someone !!

[Freud2Alert]

VERY GOOD !!! 5*****

[rosesredvioletsblue]

Fabulous!!!!  Gives me chills.

[brettldouglas]

I've never heard of this guy before. He's great!

[blueluger333]

Just found a new release of never before heard Fred McDowell recordings from 1967—“Come and Found You Gone,” from Devil Down Records---there are some free samples too (devildownrecords. com)

[TheHenryMorganShow]

holy crap, look at those strings. he was playing friggin' rods for strings. great sound!

[busessuck1]

This is filmed really well...

oh yeah and this man is awsometasticful

[notseafood]

He was THE MAN!!!!

[tinnigeimgengill]

genius

[guitardedboy]

Fred was such a badass on the guitar. He puts just about every other so-called guitar player today to shame.

[142160]

66-0, Not too shabby!

[aurlis2012]

woah that neck looks pretty bent..

[bleedingjohnny]

I'm speechless. One of my all-time favorite performances.

[fireiron123]

i need to learn how to use a thumb pic. looks hard

[888binis888]

ohh yeah mr Mcdowell..

[jteshuwah]

this stuff's like good gospel. just try to stay still! that rhythm stays with you all day. AMEN! screw the "attic monkeys" and "hootie and the goldfish" ! THIS, my dear, is what music's SUPPOSED to sound like!

[FoadTV]

old shool 4 ever !!

[britteach]

Sublime.

[cosmicfabric1974]

HOLY SHITE!!! This is the most amazing guitar playing EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (more swearing)

[skunkradioDOTnet]

@cosmicfabric1974 i dunno bout that, but its some pree soulful shit thats for sure

[MSYNGWIE12]

@cosmicfabric1974 YEAH MAN! I DON'T PLAY BUT YEAH THIS IS HOW IT IS MEANT TO SOUND. I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS TYPE OF GUITAR (VIA THE STONES) SINCE I WAS 12 AND YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!!!!!!!!!

[kyuss1994]

Putain la vache grosse claque ,j adore son jeu d'picking

[chickyree85]

pure genius!

[TIMGTV6]

Thanks V Much for this. Awesomeness abounds.

[francescaemc2]

Si vede dove Jimmy Page ha imparato!!!!

Che capolavoro.

[checkraisedbywolves]

Great piece.

Great share.